Indiana Court of Appeals

The Indiana Court of Appeals reaffirmed a two-decades-old Indiana Supreme Court ruling, saying attorneys are entitled to rely
upon the representations of other attorneys when it ruled on a case where a company was charged a higher price for a piece
of property than it should have been because of the price the property’s attorney gave to the company.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a decision that denied HealthPort’s motion for judgment against Garrison Law Firm
LLC after it found Garrison did not have a private cause of action under Indiana law or Administrative Code.

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday the University of Notre Dame Police Department is a public agency under the Indiana
Access to Public Records Act and is subject to APRA requests, overturning a trial court decision in St. Joseph Superior Court.

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in a split decision the state’s Hospital Lien Act allows an uninsured hospital patient
to negotiate the terms of his contract with the hospital after a man was charged more than $600,000 for a nearly three-month
stay.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a preliminary injunction against the Indiana High School Athletic Association in a case
involving a fight between Griffith and Hammond High Schools last year that allowed both schools to participate in the IHSAA
tournament. The COA said the trial court improperly added its own judgment and remanded the case to the trial court for further
proceedings.

A wife will get around $116,000 more in a divorce settlement after the Indiana Court of Appeals found the trial court erred
in applying the coverture fraction formula to the husband’s retirement accounts.

The Indiana Court of Appeals denied a doctor’s motion for preliminary injunction after it found he did not present enough
evidence to justify it because he did not let the disciplinary process at his hospital play out.

The Indiana Court of Appeals said a trial court was right in denying a man’s jury instruction that would have applied
mens rea to every element of aggravated battery, saying the severity of an injury is not an element of prohibited conduct,
but a result of it.

The fact that a man admitted to committing a crime was enough to deny expungement of his records, the Indiana Court of Appeals
said, despite the fact he was not convicted of one during his expungement time period.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s conviction of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon
after it found an anonymous tipster’s information constituted reasonable suspicion.

The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned a man’s request for summary judgment after he was fired for bringing a gun to
work and instead granted summary judgment to his ex-employer after it found the man was not entitled to relief under statute
or common law.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the grant of the state’s motion for summary denial of man’s request for
post-conviction relief because his case was not forwarded to the State Public Defender’s Office.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s conviction of public intoxication that endangers a person after he claimed
he did not endanger anyone, despite being drunk and having a bow and arrow by his side.

A task force created by the Indiana Supreme Court to look into remote access and privacy of electronic records decided appellate
court briefs filed by attorneys would be put online at mycase.in.gov beginning April 1.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a man’s convictions for criminal confinement and domestic battery, among other
charges, after it found the state did not interfere by not allowing one of the man’s witnesses to testify.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a man’s conviction of stalking as a Class C felony to Dearborn Superior
Court because of double jeopardy violations. The court did uphold invasion of privacy charges and the revocation of his probation.

ESPN Inc. argued public policy, legislative intent and precedent in Indiana and other states favor a Court of Appeals order
for University of Notre Dame police to release records of incidents involving student athletes.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed summary judgment in favor of the city of Indianapolis and the Board of Public Works
regarding a controversial contract with Covanta to create a trash and recycling center.